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Westward expansion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
2.
What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
3.
The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
4.
Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 
a)
Texas Annexation 
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Northwest Territory
d)
Mexican Cession
5.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
Monroe Doctrine 
c)
Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
6.

Before becoming part of the US this territory was claimed by

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Britain

7.

What was the role of the woman during the westward expansion.

a)

Sister

b)

Brother

c)

Wife and a mother

d)

Dad

8.

Gold was one reason that settlers moved west. Gold was discovered in this state in 1849.

a)

California

b)

Utah

c)

Colorado

d)

Washington

9.

This was the belief that Americans had the right to expand its borders from coast to coast

a)

Divine Province

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Westward Expansion

10.

Which group DID NOT support the concept of Manifest Destiny?

a)

Native Americans

b)

farmers

c)

gold miners

d)

immigrants

11.

During the 1840s the factors in this diagrm contributed to support for which of the following?

a)

the Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

the American System

c)

States' Rights

d)

Manifest Destiny

12.

Identify the US land acquisition - 4

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

13 Colonies

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Gadsden Purchase

13.

Identify the US land acquisition- 1

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Texas Annexation

14.

Identify the US land acquisition - 6

a)

Northwest Territory

b)

13 Colonies

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

15.

Who owned Canada?

a)

Spain

b)

America

c)

France

d)

Britain